Wagon-bed fastener



(No Model.)

S. E. BAUGHMAN.

WAGON BBD PASTENBR.

No. 388,809. Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHERMAN E. BAUGHMAN, OF TAYLORVIIILE, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-BED FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,809, dated September 4, 1888.

Application filed December 20, 1887. Serial No. 258,422.

To all whom it may concern.:

Beit known that I, SHERMAN E. BAUGH- MAN, of the city of Taylorville, county of Christian, and State of Iliinois, have invented a certain new and useful Device for Detachably Securing VVagoaBeds to the Running- Gear, of which the following is a specifica` tion.

Wagonbcds are worn to a disproportionate extent over the axles, particularly the rear axle; and it is the object of my invention to remove the cause of the Wear by securing the bed to the bolster in such manner that there shall be no independent motion in the bed. I accomplish this object and at the same time permit the bed to be readily removed from the running-gear by means of the device hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents, by broken lines, a bolster and bed, and shows in solid lines my device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the tension-regulating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a face view of the wrench. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section of a retaininghook.

Angle-bracket a e is secured to the bed ad jacent to the bolster by means of bolts b b. Lug c projects downward from the bracket a a', and is perforated to receive rod f. Encircling rod f, on the outer side of lug c, is washer n, (seen in Fig. 2,) and embracing the washer is wrench d. Screwed onto the threaded termination of rodf is octagonal nut e, which imparts tension to said rod by pressing against Washer u, and through the washer against lug c. Anglebraeket lc k is secured to the opposite side of the bed by bolts l l, and has downward-extending lug m, with which rod f is connected. Rods fand f are connected at the center of the bolster and form a continuous line. Plates g, carrying hooks h, are secured to the bolster at opposite ends and some what lower than the lugs of the brackets. Pins o, as shown in Fig. 4, and screws z', as shown in Fig. l, are used to secure the plates to the bolster. Rods f f extend under hooks hin aright line, but bend upward at their ends to connect with the lugs of the brackets.

(Nn model.)

As nut e is tightened, the rods tend to assume a right line between the lugs. This tendency is obstructed by hooks h, and in consequence both hooks and bolster are drawn toward the bed. Adjustment of nut c is effected by wrench d, which corresponds in size and shape thereto, and said adjustment is accomplished by passing the wrench onto the nut, giving the nut a partial rotation in the desired d rection, passing the wrench onto the washer and back to its original position, and proceeding as before. The motion of the wrench is oscillatory, with a swing in one direction on the nut and a swing in the contrary direction on the washer.

The wrench may be used, as explained, in close proximity to the bolster, and is constantly ready to be so used. After and before there is any strain on the rods the nut may be manipulated Without the wrench; but in order to impart the necessary degree of tension the wrench is necessary.

To enable the bed to be removed from the lunninggear, it is only necessary to loosen the nut until the rods are sufficiently slack to be passed from under the hooks.

The wrench from its position is readily aecessible.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a device for securing beds to Wagons, a bracket system on the bed, a hook system on the bolster, a connecting-rod, and a tension` regulating device, all in combination, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A device for securing beds to wagons, comprising the brackets on opposite sides of the bed, hooks on the bolster, a rod connecting the brackets and engaging the hooks, and a tcnsionregulating device for the rod, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A device for securing beds to wagons, comprising bracket a a', having lug c, bracket k k', having lug m, plates g, having hooks h, rodff, connected with lug m, passed under the hooks and through lug c, and nut c, screwed onto the outer end of the rod, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A device for securing beds to wagons,

comprising bracket a a', having lug c, bracket lc k', having lug` m, plates g, having hooks h, rodsff, connected with lug m, passed under the hooks and through lng c, nut e, screwed SHERMAN E. BAUGHMAN. onto the outer end of rodf, washer n between l the nut and the lug, and wrench d, normally Vitnesses:

encircling the washer, as und for the purpose l JOHN BAUGHMAN,

set forth. l F. D. CoFLiN.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 

